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flipper

[flip-er] / ˈflɪp ər /


NOUN
extremity
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STRONG
NOUN
fin
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Even if you look slightly farther afield—specifically to a Montecito home that was bought by A-list home flipper Ellen DeGeneres in November 2025—it’s clear that price estimates don’t always reflect a home’s true value.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

The three-bedroom, one-bath home was dilapidated before an out-of-state house flipper fixed it up, she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

One ex-house flipper said he’d experimented with 50 AI-generated business ideas before landing on one he liked.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

Adams said they’re trying to do reconstructive surgery on the nerve-damaged flipper to make it as functional as possible.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2026

Now I’m imagining Turtle Beach: pale gold sands marked by the flipper prints of a very special turtle!

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr

But smaller builders and flippers rely on short-term construction financing that is heavily influenced by Fed rate hikes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Buoys and flippers still littered the ground along the fence, while others floated in the water.

From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026

If customers sell those SpaceX shares within 15 days of the IPO, they will be flagged as flippers.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026

A private company plans to refloat the injured mammal from the sea floor by its flippers and onto a tarp attached to a tug boat, officials said.

From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026

Like most people on the boat, I run from port to starboard and back again to see the ones that breach the surface and wave their flippers.

From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt




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